Table



May 27, 1924.

w. KENNEDY TABLE- 2 Sheets-Sheet. 1'

Filed June 4. 1925 ATTORNEY May 27, 1924 s. w. KENNEDY TABLE Filed June4, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 27, 1924,

uNrri-m STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SHELBURN w. KENNEDY, or HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

Application filed June 4,

To all whom c't may concern:

Be it known that I, SHELBURN WV. KEN- NEDY, a citizen of t'heUnitedStates. residing at Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin, and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tables, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my said invention is the provision of a table adapted tobe used to advantage as an ordinary table and also adapted to serveefficiently as a'table for a bedrid den invalid; the table top beingadjustable horizontally relative to a supporting stand so as to restabove a bed, and being capable of being readily increased or diminishedin length as occasion demands.

Other objects and practical advantages of the invention will be fullyunderstood from the following description and claim when the same areread in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part ofthis specification, in which Figure 1 is a view showing my novel tablein full lines as properly arranged relative to a bedstead shown bydotted lines. the top of the table being also shown by dotted lines asextended horizontally over the bed.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the table with parts broken away.

Figure 3 is a detail vertical section of the bed. taken in the planeindicated by the line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the top frame construction of the table.said frame being shown upon the stand.

Figure 5 is a similar view with the parts of the top frame in differentpositions, and with cross bars of thestand omitted.

Figures 6, 7 and 8 are enlarged detail vertical sections taken in theplanes indicated by the lines6 '6, 7-'7 and 8-8, respecti ely, of Figure5.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all ofthe views of the drawings.

Among other elements my novel table comprises a stand. The said stand ispreferably made up of spaced parallel uprights 1, preferably, though notnecessarily, with pads 2, on their lower edges and cross bars '3interposed between and fixedly connected to the uprights 1. Each upright1 is provided at the outer side of its upper portion with a handle 4 foruse when desired in facilitating movement of the table.

Each upright 1 is TABLE.

1923. Serial No. 643,382.

8. The said heads 5 are provided at their outer sides with horizontalribs 6 and at their inner sides with horizontal ribs 7.

The "top frame construction of the table comprises among other elementsa rectangular frame member 8. Said rectangular frame member 8 isprovided in its sidebars with grooves 9 to receive the ribs 7 of theheads 5, whereby the frame member 8 is supported on, but is free to 'bemoved endwise relative to the said heads 5 and the uprights 1 of thestand. At the undersides of the cross bars of the members 8 are lugs 10,see fulllines in Figure 3 and dotted lines in Figuresd and '5. The topplan construc tion also comprises two U-sha=ped members designated by 11and 12, respectively. The said- U-shaped members 11 and 12 are slidablehorizontally relative to each other and are also slidable horizontallyrelative to the heads 5 and the frame member 8. The U- shaped member 11is provided with a slotted resilient strap 13 which extends inwardlyfrom the middle of its end bar and is designedito receive in its slottheadj'acent lug 10011 the frame member 8. Said straps are preferably ofmetal and resilient to facilitate engaging the same with and disengagingthem from the ends of the lugs, and they 1 serve in practice to llmitendwise outward movement of the tJ-shaped members 11 and 12. TheU-shaped member 11 is also provided. with side bars 14, the saidsidebars being provided with inner and outer spaced end portions 15 and16, and the outer end portions 16 being longer than the inner portions15 in about the proportion illustrated in Figures 4 and 5. The outerportions 16 are preferably, though not necessarily, separate piecesfixed tothe major portions of the side bars 14. It will also be noticedthat the side bars 14!: are provided in their inner sides withlongitudinal grooves 17 to receive the outer ribs-6 on the stand heads 5so as to side bars 18 have reducedterminal portions 19 designed to besheathed in the spaces between the portions 15 and 16 of the side bars14 as shown in Figures 4 and 5. Said side bars 18 are also provided withgrooves 20 tit) to receive the outer ribs 6 of the heads 5, and fixed tothe U-shaped member 12 and arranged at the inner sides of the side bars18 thereof are side sections 21 which are movably arranged in grooves 22in the outer sides of the side bars of the frame member 8, Figures 4, 5and 7. Manifestly when the members of the top frame construction areassembled as illustrated the top frame construction can be arrangedcentrally above the stand as shown by full lines in Figure 1 and by fulllines in Figure 4. It will also be noted that the top frame constructioncan be moved as a whole on the heads 5 of the stand uprights 1 so as toextend a considerable distance at one side of the vertical median lineof the stand, as shown by dotted lines in Figure 1 and by full lines inFiguure 5. In virtue of this latter capacity of the top frameconstruction, it will be appreciated that'the table top may be extendedso as to rest above a bedstead as shown by dotted lines in Figure 1,while the stand of the table restsagainst one side of the bedstead, andthe inner portions of the lower ends of the stand uprights 1 extendunder the bedstead. From this it follows that the portion of the tabletop remote from the vertical median line of the stand has capacity ofsustaining great Weight without liability of'the tabletipping. hen it isdesired to increase the length of the top frame construction on or bothof the members '11 and 12 are drawn endwise outwardly, and when it isdesired to diminish the length of the top frame construction, the saidmembers 11 and 12 are relatively arranged as shown in Figure 1. and infull lines in Figure 5. By reference to Figure 5 it will be noticed thatwhen the top frame construction is extended at one side of the verticalmedian line of the stand, the table top may be increased in length bymoving the U-shaped section 12 and the frame member 8 toward the rightinto the positions shown by dotted lines in Figure 5, the strap 13 onthe member 12 serving to pull the frame member 8 when the U-shapedmember 12 is pulled toward the right. v

In addition to the top frame construction described the table topcomprises sections 30 and 31 appropriately fixed on the U-shaped members11 and 12, respectively.

It will also be noted that the top section 30 is provided by preferencewith sockets 34 to receive dowel pins 35 on an extra leaf 36 which leaf36' is provided, in turn, with sockets37 to receive dowel pins 88 on thesection. 31. Thus when the length of the top frame construction isincreased in the manner shown by dotted lines in Figure 5 the length ofthe table top may be increased by theuse of the supplemental leaf 36,Figures 2 and-3.v

It will be apparent from the foregoing that while primarily designed foruse in conjunction with a bedstead, my novel table is adapted to be usedto advantage as an ordinary table, and it will also be noticed that thestand and the U-shaped members 11 and 12 may be so embellished as toenhance the ornamental appearance of the table and fit the same for useas a parlor table.

It will further be apparent from the foregoing that the table is simpleand inexpensive in construction and is well adapted to withstand theusage to which tables are ordinarily subjected.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction andrelative arrangement of parts embraced in the present and preferredembodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exactunderstanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to beunderstood as confiningmyself to the specific construction and relativearrangement of parts inasmuch as in the future practice of the inventionvarious changes and modifications may be made such as fall within thescope of my invention as defined in my appended claim.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is

In a table, the combination of a stand having spaced upright sidemembers with horizontal heads at their upper ends, said heads providedwith horizontal ribs at their inner and outer sides; a rectangular topframe member having longitudinal grooves in the outer side of its sidebars receiving the inner ribs on the stand heads and also having lugs atthe undersides of their end bars, a U-shaped top member havinglongitudinal grooves in the inner sides of its side bars and also havinginner and outer spaced terminal portions, the inner portions beingshorter than the outer portions, a second U-shaped top member havinglongitudinal grooves in the inner sides of its side bars to receive theouter ribs on the stand heads and also having terminal portions to enterthe spaces between the short and long ter- 1 minal portions of the sidebars of the firstnamed U-shaped member and further having sectionsdisposed in the longitudinal grooves of the rectangular top member,slotted straps carried by the end bars of the U-shaped members andreceiving the lugs on the end bars of the rectangular frame member andtop sections carried by the said U-shaped members of the top.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

SHELBURN W. KENNEDY.

